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The Astros cushioned the blow a bit by taking Norris off the hook for the loss, only to have their four-game winning streak come to a jolting end when a walk-off home run by A.J. Ellis in the ninth inning delivered the Dodgers a 6-3 victory.
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The Astros entered Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles with a 22-23 record and a four-game winning streak. At that pace, the Astros would improve by 23 games over their 56-106 mark of last year.
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Ruggiano, 30, is a Texas A&M alum who came to Astros spring training as a non-roster invitee. Assigned to Class AAA Oklahoma City coming out of camp, Ruggiano batted .325 with five home runs and 29 RBIs in 39 games.
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The standings say that the Dodgers are the best team in baseball, and one game doesn’t change that. The best team and its best pitcher proved to be vulnerable for one night to the getting-better-and-better Astros, who extended their winning streak to four with a 3-1 victory at Dodger Stadium.
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Offense in the majors has dropped every season since 2006, when the average batting line was .269/.337/.432 and the typical team put up 4.86 runs. The current scoring average is the lowest since 1972 — the year before the American League began using a designated hitter. The typical batting line has shriveled to .249/.317/.396.
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